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WHAT DOES FERRUGINOUS DUCK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Ferruginous duck

The ferruginous duck, also ferruginous pochard is a medium-sized diving duck from Eurasia. The species is known colloquially by birders as "fudge duck". Their breeding habitat is marshes and lakes with a metre or more water depth. These ducks breed in southern and eastern Europe and southern and western Asia. They are somewhat migratory, and winter farther south and into north Africa. The adult male is a rich chestnut colour with a darker back and a yellow eye. The pure white undertail helps to distinguish this species from the somewhat similar tufted duck. The female is similar but duller, and with a dark eye. These are gregarious birds, forming large flocks in winter, often mixed with other diving ducks, such as tufted ducks and pochards. These birds feed mainly by diving or dabbling. They eat aquatic plants with some molluscs, aquatic insects and small fish. They often feed at night, and will upend for food as well as the more characteristic diving. It is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds applies.

Definition of ferruginous duck in the English dictionary

The definition of ferruginous duck in the dictionary is a common European duck, Aythyra nyroca, having reddish-brown plumage with white wing bars.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE FERRUGINOUS DUCK

Barbary duck
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Synonyms and antonyms of ferruginous duck in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «ferruginous duck» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

铁质鸭
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

porrón pardo
570 millions of speakers

English

ferruginous duck
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ferruginous बतख
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

بطة حديدي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

железистые утка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

zarro
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Translator English - Bengali

পশুপাখি ডক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fuligule nyroca
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Itik ferruginous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Moorente
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Translator English - Japanese

メジロガモ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

철분을 함유 오리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bebek ferruginous
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

vịt chứa sắt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மிகுந்த வாத்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लौकिक बदक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ferrugin ördek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

moretta tabaccata
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Translator English - Polish

kaczka żelaziste
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Translator English - Ukrainian

залізисті качка
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Translator English - Romanian

Aythya nyroca
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Translator English - Greek

βαλτόπαπια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

n yster eend
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Translator English - Swedish

ferruginous anka
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

ferruginous duck
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FERRUGINOUS DUCK»

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Wildfowl of the World
Medium-sized diving duck of eastern Asia, somewhat similar to Ferruginous Duck , which occurs within range. identification Male breeding Glossy green-black head and upper neck, with small white spot under chin. Dark reddish-brown lower ...
M. A. Ogilvie, Steve Young, 2002
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A Dictionary of British Birds: Reprinted from Montagu's ...
No bird has puzzlvd the British Ornithologist more than the Ferruginous Duck of Mr. Pennant, but which has by most naturalists been considered as the female of some other species. In the preceding [succeeding] pages [64—65] it will be seen  ...
George Montagu, Edward Newman, 1866
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The Birds of Leicestershire and Rutland
Ferruginous Duck x ? Aythya nyroca x ? One at Thornton Reservoir on August 29th 1987 clearly had one parent as a Ferruginous Duck, but the other could not be distinguished. Hybridisation by Ferruginous Duck with both Common Pochard  ...
Dave Gamble, Roger Davies, Andrew Harrop, 2009
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A Monograph on the Anatidae Or Duck, Tribe
FERRUGINOUS DUCK. Male, ferruginous duck, with the head black. IN. IN. Length ...... 17| Tarsi 1| Bill 1Z Centre toe 2| Male : deep ferruginous, with the head and upper part of the neck black ; quills and tail brown ; vent and belly silvery ash, ...
Thomas C. Eyton, 1838
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A History of British Birds
THE FERRUGINOUS DUCK, and White-eyed Duck. Anas ferruginea, Red Duck, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 272. ,, Ferruginous Duck, Mont. Ornilh. Diet, and Suppt. , , nyroca, Castaneous ,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 332. Nyroca leucopthahnos ...
William Yarrell, 1843
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The Helm Guide to Bird Identification
Those illustrated represent the four most frequent types: (1) Tufted Duck × Pochard, (2) Tufted Duck × Scaup, (3) Pochard × Ferruginous Duck and (4) Ring- necked Duck × Tufted Duck. It must be stressed that hybrids show great individual ...
Keith Vinicombe, 2014
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Ducks, Geese and Swans: Species accounts (Cairina to Mergus)
9 often shows white at base of bill recalling scaups, or white undertail coverts recalling Ferruginous Duck or Baer's Pochard. 9 Ferruginous Duck has particularly obvious white undertail coverts and, along with Baer's Pochard, has distinctive ...
Janet Kear, 2005
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Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds
WHITE EYE (Nyroca leucophthalmus, Temminck.) 'Nyroca leucophthalmus, Flem. Br. Anim. p. 121. — Ferruginous Duck, Penn. Br. Zool. 2. p. 501. — Mcmt. Supp. Orn. Diet Anas ferruginea, Pfnn. Br. Zool. 2. p. 501.— Anas Nyroca, Gmel. Syst.
George Montagu, James Rennie, 1831
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The Birds of Africa: Volume VIII: The Malagasy Region: ...
Unlikely to be confused with any species except Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca and ( or juvenile) Tufted Duck A. fuligula, which have been recorded as vagrant in Seychelles and could occur in Madagascar. Tufted Duck has crest, and ...
Roger Safford, Frank Hawkins, 2013
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Supplement to the Ornithological Dictionary, Or Synopsis of ...
ETJCK-f ASTANEOUS. Anas nyroca. No bird has puzzled the British Ornithologist more than the Ferruginous Duck of Mr. Pennant, but which lias by most naturalists been considered as the female of some other species. In the preceding pages ...
George Montagu, 1813

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FERRUGINOUS DUCK»

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Endangered Biodiversity of J&K State
The diverse avifauna comprise of about 180 species which include the rare golden eye( Bucephala clangula), ferruginous duck (Athya nyroca), ... «GreaterKashmir.com, Jun 15»
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One fifth of Europe's birds are in danger of extinction
These include the Dalmatian pelican, Ferruginous duck, Stone-curlew, Black kite, Lesser kestrel, Black-throated diver and Great bustard. «The Ecologist, Jun 15»
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Rare Duck Species Spotted in Talcher
... Shoveller, Common Pochard, Asian Openbill, Ferruginous Duck, Eurasian Wigeon and a solitary Osprey, Egrets, Herons and Cormorant. «The New Indian Express, Feb 15»
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Tanguar Haor sees more migratory birds this year
Eurasian Wigeon, Mallard, Gadwall, Common Pochard, Ferruginous Duck, Purple Swamphen, Ferruginous Duck and Indian Spot-billed Duck ... «The Daily Star, Feb 15»
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Dimitar Popov: Mid-winter census of water birds evaluates state of …
Other birds one could meet during migration are the ferruginous duck, the glossy ibis, and the black-winged stilt. These are all species that fly ... «Focus News, Jan 15»
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Rare duck and unidentified hybrid species sighted at Sale Water Park
European species including ferruginous duck and red-crested Pochard have also been sighted, as well as marine species such as the common scoter and ... «Messenger Newspapers, Oct 14»
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Albania's Coastal Wetlands: Killing Field for Migrating Birds
... like the red breasted goose and ferruginous duck,” says Szabolcs Nagy, a senior advisor with the conservation group Wetlands International. «Yale Environment 360, Oct 14»
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Baer pochard Aythya baeri Manipuri Nganu
The females of Baer's pochard and the Ferruginous Duck are quite similar, but that holds true for the females of almost all Aythya species. «E-Pao.net, Oct 14»
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Use the Google Cardboard VR headset with an iPhone
Moorente: From the German for ferruginous duck, here's another game designed with the Durovis Dive (but definitely not PETA) in mind. «CNET, Aug 14»
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Large bird spotted using zebra crossing in Thamesmead
An incredibly rare suacco heron was spotted in Crossness Nature Reserve in June 2007 while an equally uncommon Ferruginous duck sent ... «News Shopper, May 14»

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